Check Up: Rhythm plans TGA submission and pig tissue MOU fails to impress

It’s been a mixed two weeks for small cap health companies, with 53 companies gaining ground, 64 losing it and 19 flatlining.

Here’s a table showing how ASX-listed healthcare stocks have been performing.

Code	Name	Last	%Yr	%SixMth	%Mth	%Wk	Market Cap
RHY	Rhythm Biosciences	1.61	651	44	23	33	$ 331,992,128.79
TRU	Truscreen	0.079		-1	39	25	$ 29,029,300.24
VLS	Vita Life Sciences..	1.95	112	65	58	23	$ 103,199,119.52
ACW	Actinogen Medical	0.135	514	133	8	23	$ 234,144,196.58
DVL	Dorsavi Ltd	0.022	-44	-37	5	22	$ 7,028,651.44
AC8	Auscann Grp Hlgs Ltd	0.105	-25	-19	14	18	$ 46,257,446.55
SOM	SomnoMed Limited	2.6	19	34	11	17	$ 216,829,405.30
NTI	Neurotech Intl	0.057	128	-10	30	16	$ 38,325,051.93
MDR	Medadvisor Limited	0.365	-6	-3	18	16	$ 143,440,648.96
OSP	Osprey Med Inc	1.03	-53	-43	18	15	$ 25,530,249.29
EPN	Epsilon Healthcare	0.155	-35	-18	19	15	$ 26,978,972.86
PTX	Prescient Ltd	0.275	358	184	-5	15	$ 174,039,493.86
JTL	Jayex Technology Ltd	0.026	-32	-42	4	13	$ 6,230,713.48
MEM	Memphasys Ltd	0.067	-42	-4	-3	12	$ 52,283,770.24
PAL	Palla Pharma Ltd	0.355	-48	-21	37	11	$ 56,669,607.05
OSL	Oncosil Medical	0.052	-61	-47	13	11	$ 41,201,851.29
NYR	Nyrada Inc.	0.26	18	-16	2	11	$ 31,954,740.22
ANP	Antisense Therapeut.	0.305	144	45	49	9	$ 180,960,048.05
GLH	Global Health Ltd	0.37	-10	-29	-6	7	$ 20,945,475.04
NC6	Nanollose Limited	0.089	27	-19	-2	7	$ 13,381,773.12
BXN	Bioxyne Ltd	0.03	100	50	25	7	$ 19,204,361.94
TSN	The Sust Nutri Grp	0.3	71	-29	-6	7	$ 26,218,723.95
MDC	Medlab Clinical Ltd	0.165	-15	-18	6	6	$ 56,458,985.72
CDY	Cellmid Limited	0.066	-32	-3	25	6	$ 12,370,416.96
CYC	Cyclopharm Limited	1.965	-2	-24	16	6	$ 183,014,653.08
EXL	Elixinol Wellness	0.095	-37	-47	-10	6	$ 30,643,384.07
RCE	Recce Pharmaceutical	0.955	-6	-12	-1	6	$ 170,312,090.06
SHG	Singular Health	0.21		-51	-16	5	$ 14,232,566.04
IRX	Inhalerx Limited	0.105	80	0	30	5	$ 16,846,695.70
IMU	Imugene Limited	0.47	710	147	-2	4	$ 2,677,009,653.10
ACR	Acrux Limited	0.12	-33	-20	0	4	$ 34,041,640.56
CDX	Cardiex Limited	0.073	55	7	20	4	$ 68,387,568.26
ALC	Alcidion Group Ltd	0.365	204	-10	-1	4	$ 382,545,203.98
IMM	Immutep Ltd	0.61	135	44	14	4	$ 533,670,500.63
ADO	Anteotech Ltd	0.255	122	-39	-4	4	$ 492,972,929.00
TLX	Telix Pharmaceutical	6.03	256	59	0	4	$ 1,753,198,384.20
AGH	Althea Group	0.3	-36	-35	25	3	$ 90,484,000.38
IHL	Incannex Healthcare	0.37	335	40	-1	3	$ 459,240,641.14
MVF	Monash IVF Group Ltd	0.955	61	6	-2	3	$ 374,049,446.40
ARX	Aroa Biosurgery	1.18	-16	1	11	3	$ 394,851,552.48
RAC	Race Oncology Ltd	3.23	192	-1	-8	2	$ 483,597,780.60
CPH	Creso Pharma Ltd	0.1175	320	-38	7	2	$ 138,405,885.26
CGS	Cogstate Ltd	2.4	147	167	-2	2	$ 377,997,644.16
IMC	Immuron Limited	0.13	-54	-30	-7	2	$ 28,405,824.50
NOX	Noxopharm Limited	0.54	10	-14	-7	2	$ 154,886,113.50
DXB	Dimerix Ltd	0.275	2	8	-11	2	$ 89,844,626.48
HCT	Holista CollTech Ltd	0.059	-39	18	-6	2	$ 15,970,247.05
MX1	Micro-X Limited	0.31	55	-2	-5	2	$ 140,338,962.23
ONT	1300 Smiles Limited	8.15	23	11	1	2	$ 192,978,829.60
LDX	Lumos Diagnostics	0.945			-2	2	$ 142,644,792.35
PSQ	Pacific Smiles Grp	2.9	50	3	11	1	$ 454,808,523.30
JHC	Japara Healthcare Lt	1.4	250	71	1	1	$ 379,509,698.40
PAA	Pharmaust Limited	0.1	-23	6	18	1	$ 30,423,588.77
OPT	Opthea Limited	1.285	-46	-12	-6	0	$ 447,648,742.58
ZLD	Zelira Therapeutics	0.039	-51	-35	-9	0	$ 47,612,918.64
SCU	Stemcell United Ltd	0.014	-18	-30	0	0	$ 14,606,489.21
PYC	PYC Therapeutics	0.145	-15	-15	4	0	$ 461,234,284.94
PXS	Pharmaxis Ltd	0.12	35	43	-4	0	$ 52,256,070.61
PGC	Paragon Care Limited	0.305	56	36	-8	0	$ 108,934,216.69
OVN	Oventus Medical Ltd	0.115	-50	-39	-23	0	$ 30,215,816.88
MEB	Medibio Limited	0.008	-27	0	0	0	$ 14,360,491.98
IVX	Invion Ltd	0.013	18	63	0	0	$ 76,242,518.08
ICS	ICSGlobal Limited	0.575313	30	5	0	0	$ 6,054,604.94
HXL	Hexima	0.365	20	109	-4	0	$ 45,235,123.79
FFC	Farmaforce Ltd	0.051	-27	-46	0	0	$ 6,664,729.98
CHM	Chimeric Therapeutic	0.31		9	-7	0	$ 67,647,317.12
BPH	BPH Energy Ltd	0.059	18	-33	-5	0	$ 39,230,243.95
BD1	Bard1 Life Sciences	1.06	31	-66	-8	0	$ 98,370,364.40
ATX	Amplia Therapeutics	0.2	-23	-22	-5	0	$ 24,964,268.00
AHK	Ark Mines Limited	0.034	0	0	0	0	$ 1,778,919.95
ADR	Adherium Ltd	0.014	-39	-13	-18	0	$ 29,795,467.13
PNV	Polynovo Limited	1.86	-26	-39	-5	0	$ 1,269,865,044.48
BOT	Botanix Pharma Ltd	0.0645	-36	-25	-8	-1	$ 61,307,950.66
OCC	Orthocell Limited	0.535	45	6	5	-1	$ 100,843,636.95
NXS	Next Science Limited	1.275	9	-22	-4	-1	$ 244,497,777.62
1AD	Adalta Limited	0.083	-34	-46	-14	-1	$ 22,556,521.18
CMP	Compumedics Limited	0.38	-14	-16	-7	-1	$ 67,321,920.24
CAJ	Capitol Health	0.36	44	-3	-4	-1	$ 377,938,341.88
SDI	SDI Limited	1.01	21	23	1	-1	$ 120,054,185.30
ILA	Island Pharma	0.32		-32	-3	-2	$ 13,741,813.12
RNO	Rhinomed Ltd	0.31	88	158	-14	-2	$ 78,680,830.92
ALA	Arovella Therapeutic	0.048	17	17	0	-2	$ 23,079,359.33
VTI	Vision Tech Inc	0.95	-72	-37	-10	-2	$ 23,044,612.50
PAR	Paradigm Bio.	1.87	-32	-22	-11	-2	$ 438,552,218.97
PBP	Probiotec Limited	2.15	24	7	1	-2	$ 168,696,322.90
EYE	Nova EYE Medical Ltd	0.4	21	25	1	-2	$ 58,221,516.40
VHT	Volpara Health Tech	1.23	-16	-5	2	-3	$ 316,704,882.06
PIQ	Proteomics Int Lab	0.875	55	-26	-8	-3	$ 92,098,890.63
MVP	Medical Developments	4.85	-11	-15	-7	-3	$ 348,484,246.08
DOC	Doctor Care Anywhere	0.68		-34	-8	-3	$ 129,340,377.16
4DX	4Dmedical Limited	1.31	-39	-18	-11	-3	$ 280,000,722.42
ICR	Intelicare Holdings	0.097	-67	-66	-1	-3	$ 4,665,761.21
ATH	Alterity Therap Ltd	0.03	-19	-9	-2	-3	$ 69,799,362.76
GSS	Genetic Signatures	1.45	-28	2	-4	-3	$ 209,548,100.39
AHC	Austco Healthcare	0.145	51	56	-3	-3	$ 41,207,397.90
BWX	BWX Limited	4.62	9	-4	-6	-3	$ 749,738,653.18
IDT	IDT Australia Ltd	0.57	245	46	-14	-3	$ 137,919,597.75
TD1	Tali Digital Limited	0.028	-7	-45	-10	-3	$ 27,025,267.88
CU6	Clarity Pharma	1.09			-13	-4	$ 186,960,286.53
NEU	Neuren Pharmaceut.	1.8	67	41	-14	-4	$ 239,334,784.40
NSB	Neuroscientific	0.385	22	35	-23	-4	$ 54,519,224.34
MXC	Mgc Pharmaceuticals	0.05	127	-17	-14	-4	$ 120,204,792.75
BIT	Biotron Limited	0.05	-44	-18	-9	-4	$ 35,096,635.65
EZZ	EZZ Life Science	0.49		-22	-4	-4	$ 6,120,000.00
MMJ	MMJ Group Hlds Ltd	0.07	-36	-33	-13	-4	$ 16,096,778.95
ZNO	Zoono Group Ltd	0.45	-69	-49	13	-4	$ 75,217,281.69
UBI	Universal Biosensors	0.735	133	-2	-13	-5	$ 132,407,123.09
PAB	Patrys Limited	0.042	76	62	0	-5	$ 76,801,842.60
CAN	Cann Group Ltd	0.3	-20	-41	5	-5	$ 104,656,350.90
CYP	Cynata Therapeutics	0.595	-27	1	13	-5	$ 89,547,871.25
CBL	Control Bionics	0.555		-26	-13	-5	$ 28,688,616.42
KZA	Kazia Therapeutics	1.46	83	5	-8	-5	$ 197,502,791.41
IBX	Imagion Biosys Ltd	0.069	-10	-52	-8	-5	$ 72,470,561.59
CTE	Cryosite Limited	0.34	36	26	-16	-6	$ 16,595,251.42
AVE	Avecho Biotech Ltd	0.017	55	-15	-6	-6	$ 33,050,097.47
IPD	Impedimed Limited	0.165	99	32	57	-6	$ 254,507,293.76
RSH	Respiri Limited	0.065	-64	-43	-12	-6	$ 47,707,492.14
BDX	Bcaldiagnostics	0.16			-9	-6	$ 21,044,249.92
1ST	1St Group Ltd	0.016	-50	-28	0	-6	$ 8,060,414.83
S66	Star Combo	0.295	-14	9	-6	-6	$ 39,740,178.36
OIL	Optiscan Imaging	0.22	120	-52	-8	-6	$ 132,909,904.43
RGS	Regeneus Ltd	0.073	-46	-42	-4	-6	$ 22,369,894.72
GTG	Genetic Technologies	0.007	-13	-13	0	-7	$ 55,356,540.86
M7T	Mach7 Tech Limited	0.94	-4	-24	-6	-7	$ 228,981,038.25
RAP	Resapp Health Ltd	0.063	-43	15	-16	-7	$ 55,847,810.01
OSX	Osteopore Limited	0.25	-51	-49	-15	-7	$ 30,489,741.88
PCK	Painchek Ltd	0.049	-48	-26	2	-8	$ 55,458,435.15
RHT	Resonance Health	0.11	-33	-44	10	-8	$ 52,997,977.82
LBT	LBT Innovations	0.105	-13	17	-25	-9	$ 30,357,092.22
AT1	Atomo Diagnostics	0.3075	-1	43	6	-10	$ 130,780,907.84
VBS	Vectus Biosystems	1.8	84	89	20	-10	$ 57,366,905.40
ONE	Oneview Healthcare	0.38	743	1	-6	-12	$ 164,716,796.14
AMT	Allegra Orthopaedics	0.205	24	-38	-16	-13	$ 21,414,136.62
BNO	Bionomics Limited	0.13	13	-48	-30	-13	$ 136,295,560.44
LCT	Living Cell Tech.	0.008	-43	-38	-20	-20	$ 6,424,661.03
ALT	Analytica Limited	0.002	-33	-50	0	-20	$ 6,920,701.69

Rhythm Biosciences (ASX:RHY) was the biggest winner, up 33% after it shared an investors’ presentation deck this week which highlighted the imminent commercialisation of ColoSTAT, a technology that could detect the presence of protein markers in patients with colorectal cancer.

Tests have demonstrated a 33% higher accuracy than the current standard Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) used.

The company will soon make a submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), and is on track to receive the European CE mark by the end of the year.

Next cab off the ranks, up 25%, was cervical cancer screening company Truscreen (ASX:TRU) on last week’s news that its TruScreen device is now equipped with an improved cyber security upgrade, while flagging expanded distribution opportunities in China.

Vita Life Sciences (ASX:VLS) was up 24% on no news, and Actinogen Medical (ASX:ACW) was also up 23% after it released its September quarterly detailing the advance of the Xanamem clinical development pipeline and the filing of an Investigational New Drug submission to the US FDA for its FXS program.

And Dorsavi (ASX:DVL) was up 22% off the back of its quarterly reporting a 54% increase in revenue to $585,000 from the previous corresponding period.

The company believes that Q2 FY21 has a promising outlook with additional workers returning to the workplace and improved US site access.

Who flatlined?

Flat despite being granted a Chinese patent covering OPT-302 was Opthea Limited (ASX:OPT), and Zelira Therapeutics (ASX:ZLD) which raised US$5 million from a US fund.

Also flat was Pharmaxis (ASX:PXS) which does the first patient in its Phase 2 bone marrow cancer trial and Chimeric Therampeutics (ASX:CHM) which successfully completed manufacturing for CHM 2101 research grade plasmids – a critical first step in the development of CDH17 CAR T.

Who’s the biggest loser?

The biggest loser was a tie between Living Cell Tec (ASX:LCT) which dropped 20% despite signing a non-binding MOU with New Zealand biotechnology company NZeno for it to breed and maintain pigs to provide tissue for the upcoming third clinical trial of NTCELL in Parkinson’s disease – and Analytica Limited (ASX:ALT) which dropped 20% on no news.